The Scottish Government has spent a long time attempting to persuade the public that, when it comes to Scotland's further education sector, more can be done with less.
The Scottish Government has spent a long time attempting to persuade the public that, when it comes to Scotland's further education sector, more can be done with less.
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The implication was that the FE colleges were carrying a lot of surplus capacity.
In the current climate, no sector is immune from efficiency savings and there is much common sense in the proposal to rationalise college provision, eliminating duplication and making them more responsive to the needs of local employers. The objective is a leaner, fitter college sector. At the same time there has been an attempt to protect full-time places, at the expense of part-time ones. But regardless of the long-term objective, these changes appear to have produced a short-term bottleneck.
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No more cuts until college waiting lists are tackled
The Scottish Government has spent a long time attempting to persuade the public that, when it comes to Scotland's further education sector, more can be done with less.
The implication was that the FE colleges were carrying a lot of surplus capacity.
In the current climate, no sector is immune from efficiency savings and there is much common sense in the proposal to rationalise college provision, eliminating duplication and making them more responsive to the needs of local employers. The objective is a leaner, fitter college sector. At the same time there has been an attempt to protect full-time places, at the expense of part-time ones. But regardless of the long-term objective, these changes appear to have produced a short-term bottleneck.
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